2023-09-29 20:31:27 ¶ ●

It’s incredible how familiar the sets in Hannibal become to you. Dolarhyde pulls off the sheet from Hannibal’s desk and it sits there, molten, mellow colouring, light sharply sliced along wood and clinging to glowing leather and you realise you missed it. And what is Dolarhyde doing there, intruding on a space so meaningful? It has so much character, soaked in Hannibal’s power and authority. Where is Will’s farm house? We see the last of it as it sees the last of Will and Hannibal, as Will tells Hannibal goodbye. The BAU’s forensics lab. The busybodies there, white lab coats and silver metallic tables. Price and Zeller arguing, Will standing a little away, the empty clicking of Beverly’s lost heels. Hannibal’s kitchen. Besides the tragedy, even Will, unable to reconcile with everything that has happened since he met Hannibal, marinates there after Mizumono.

The only thing I don’t miss is Hannibal’s dining room. I think, the heart of the room was always Hannibal; rather, the dining room is Hannibal’s stomach. As long as Hannibal’s hungry, any table can be laid at any moment. Wherever he goes, the feast follows.